Eric Ochen, Makerere University
"Life Beyond the Bush: Examining the Challenges and Opportunities for Reintegration of Formerly Abducted Child Mothers in Northern Uganda"

David Olema, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
'Organized Violence and Mental Health of Families Living in Internally Displaced Persons Camps in Northern Uganda"

Mathew Senga, University of Dar es Salaam
"Social Networks and Collaboration in Management of Natural Resource and Protection of Livelihoods: Reflections from Rural Communities in East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania"

Verdiana, Tilumanya, University of Dar es Salaam
"Land Use and Livelihood Changes in the Mount Rungwe Ecosystem, Tanzania"

Dissertation Research

Neissan Besharati, University of Witswatersrand
"Evaluating Effectiveness of Development Institutions in South Africa"

James Wasike Mangeni, Makerere University
"Cultural Understandings of Mental Illness in a Fragile Context: A Critical Ethnography of Karamoja, Uganda"

Longi Felix Yakubu, University for Development Studies
"Mamprusi-Kusasi Relations, 1902-2000: A study in Inter-Ethnic Conflicts in Northern Ghana"

Dissertation Research

Patience Adzande, Benue State University, Makurdi
"Analysis of the Determinants of Crime Pattern in Makurdi Town"

Ngozi Emeka-Nwobia, Enonyi State University, Abakaliki
"A Pragmatic Analysis of the Perlocutionary Force in Nigerian Former President Olusegun Obasanjo's Political Speeches"

Siphokazi Magadla, Rhodes University
"The 'Combative Mother' and the Aftermath of Liberation: Narrow and Broader Implications of the Integration of Female Ex-Combatants for the Process of Demobilization in Post-Apartheid South Africa"

Iddy Magoti, University of Dar es Salaam
"Ethnic Identity and the State: The Dynamics of Intra- and Inter- Ethnic Relations in Mara River Basin, 1900-2010"

Lindiwe Makhunga, University of Witswatersrand
"Examining the Parliamentary Politics of Women's Presence in Post-Genocide Rwanda and Post-Apartheid South Africa"

Richard Mbunda, University of Dar es Salaam
"Peasant Agriculture and the Quest for Food Sovereignty in Tanzania"

Muazu Shehu, Gombe State University
"Religion and Land Degradation in Northeast Nigeria"

Dissertation Proposal

Ishaq Alhassan, University of Ghana, Legon
"Participatory Local Development Planning in Ghana, 1996-2010"

Kwasi Amakye-Boateng, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
"State Legitimacy, Political Conflict, and Democratization"

Scholastica Atata, University of Ibadan
"Biafra Renaissance and Development in Democratizing Southeastern Nigeria"

Umesh Bawa, University of the Western Cape
"Using Photovoice to Elicit Young People's Representations of Peace and Security in their Communities"

Elgidius Ichumbaki Bwinabona, University of Dar es Salaam
"Built Heritage Assets as part of the Current Environmental Landscape: The Case of Central Coastal Tanzania"

Prudence Byambwenu, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
"Land Rights and Food Security in Uganda: Assessing the Influence of Women's Land Rights on Food Security in Bushenyi District"

Edmore Chitukutuku, University of Witswatersrand
"Rebuilding and Reliving Memories of Militia bases of Political Violence in Zimbabwe: The Search for Political Legitimacy and the Making of History in Post- 2000 Crisis"

Yaliwe Clarke, University of Cape Town
"Feminist Notions of Peace and Security: Experiences of Women's Rights Activists in Uganda

Anthony Diala, Madonna University
"Recognition of Living Customary Law in Nigeria: Women's Access to Land Under Customary Law of Succession in Southeast Nigeria"

Nkosiyazi Dube, University of Witswatersrand
"Informal Social Security Systems as a Viable Alternative to Formal Social Security Systems: A Study of Selected Stokvels in South Africa's Gauteng Province"

Olugbenga Falase, University of Ibadan
"The Politics of Forest Governance in Southwestern Nigeria"

Azindow Iddrisu, University of Ghana, Legon
"The Impact of Land Use Change on Food Security in Northern Region Ghana"

Madalitso Phiri, University of South Africa
"South Africa and Brazil's Comparative Political Economy of Development: Durable Inequalities Under Progressive Social Policy Reforms—The Humanist Imperative"

Toyin Ajao, University of Pretoria
“Citizen Journalism, A Catalyst for Conflict Transformation in Africa: A Case of Ushahidi Crowd-Sourcing Platform in Kenya”

Oluwagbemiga Ajayi, Osun State University
“Religiosity as Depoliticization: Pentecostalism, Youth, and Structural Violence in Nigeria”

Simbarashe Gukurume, University of Cape Town
“Pentecostal Charismatic Churches, Prosperity Gospel, and Upwardly Mobile University Students in Zimbabwe: Two Case Studies of PCCs at the University of Zimbabwe”

Lauren Hutton, University of Johannesburg
“Interrogating Fragility and Intervention in the Greater Horn of Africa”

Bernadine Jones, University of Cape Town
“From the Miracle to the Mundane: South Africa’s Five General Elections on Television News”

Emilly Maractho, Uganda Christian University
“Media, Women, and Public Life in Uganda: Interrogating Representation, Interaction, and Engagement”

Sithembile Mbete, University of Pretoria
“The ‘Middle Power’ Debate Revisited: South Africa on the United Nations Security Council 2007-2008 and 2011-2012”

Emeka Njoku, University of Ibadan
“Counter-Terrorism and Civil Society in Nigeria”

Madalitso Phiri, University of South Africa
“Durable Inequalities under Progressive Social Policy Reforms—A Comparative Study of South Africa and Brazil”

Yusuf Serunkuma, Makerere University
“Making Somaliland: Poetry, Song, and the Campaign for International Recognition”

Thobekile Zikhali, University of Witswatersrand
“Power and Hydro-Hegemony: Understanding the Dynamics of Transboundary Water Interactions in the Incomati International River Basin and Their Impact on Southern Africa’s Regional Peace and Security after Apartheid”

Dissertation Proposal

Innocent Badasu, University of Ghana
“The Role of Civil Society in Peacebuilding: A Case Study of West Africa”

Ernest Bagson, University of Ghana
"The Place and Space of Informal Crime Prevention Strategies in Urban Ghana"

Haydee Bangerezako, Makerere University
"Lake Communities and Hinterland Relations: Histories of Politics of the Imbo Region on Lake Tanganyika in the 19th and 20th Century"

Yonas Demisse, Makerere University
"Developmetalism in Africa: a Geneology of Ethiopian Developmetal State"

Olugbenga Samuel Falase, University of Ibadan
"The Politics of Forest Governance in South- Western Nigeria"

Ruth Nekura Lekakeny, University of Cape Town
"Evaluating Integration as a Means of Fulfilling State Obligation to Address Sexual Violence Against Women and Girls: A Comparative Study of Integration Models in Kenya and South Africa"

Tsitsi Jane Mpofu-Mketwa, University of Cape Town
"'Asihlali phantsi!" A Study of Agency Among isi-Xhosa- speaking Women Traders in a Cape Town Township

Ruth Murambadoro, University of Pretoria
Transitional Justice and Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: A Case Study on Tradition-Based Approaches in Two Local Communities"

Leigh-Ann Naidoo, University of the Witwatersrand
"Black Student Intellectuals and the New Student Movement in South Africa: The Case of the Rhodes Must Fall Movement 2015-2016"

Marion Atieno Ouma, University of South Africa
"Social Protection Policy Making in Kenya: A Study of the Dynamics of Policy Transfer"

Netsanet Weldesenbet, Makerere University
"Topographies of Memories: Remembering Asmara through Personal Histories, Metaphors of Place and Time from Ethiopia (1952-1975)"

Dissertation Proposal

Titilope Folarin Ajayi, University of Ghana
"Unmasking Invisibilities: Politics of Resistance/ Mobilizing Against Violence in a Militarized Age"

Peter Awodi, University of Ibadan
"Embedding Conflagaration: Large-Scale Land Acquisition, Women's Land Rights and Farmers-Herders Conflict in North-Central Nigeria"

Oluwaseun Bamidele, Ekiti State University
"Securing the Local: The Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) and the Struggle against Terrorism in the North-Eastern Region of Nigeria"

Stephen Temitope David, University of the Freestate

John Mary Kanyamurwa, Nairobi University
"Citizen Competence and Local Governance in Uganda: the Case of Mbarara District"

Nicodemus Minde, United States International Universty
"Political Parties, Democratization and Constitutional Developments in the Tanganyika-Zanzibar Union"

Margaret Monyani, University of the Witwatersrand
"Implications of Securitisation on the Human Security of Somali Women Refugees in Nairobi, Kenya"

Rosemary Nakijoba, University of the Western Cape
"Gender, Child Labour and Disability Among War Affected Communities in Northern Uganda"

Thatshisiwe Ndlovu, University of the Witwatersrand
"Uluthwala in Rural South Africa: Abduction Marriage as a Site of Contention between state policies, human rights and customary law in rural Kwazulu Natal and Eastern Cape"

Evarist Ngabirano, Makerere University
"Beyond Ethnic Violence: A Genealogical Study of the Bakiga Culture and Politics in Kigezi and the Diaspora"

Maxine Rubin, University of Cape Town
Exit, Voice and Loyalty: A Theoretical Case Study of African States' Behaviour in Relation with the International Criminal Court

Aloys Rwehabura Rugazia, University of Capte Town
"Petroleum Framework for Land Acquisition and Compensation in Tanzania: A Conflict Mitigating Approach"

Specioza Twinamasiko, Mbarara University of Science and Technology
"Oil Discovery and Compensation over Land: Conceptualizing the Risks and Vulnerability of Women's House Hold Livelihoods in Albertine Graben, Uganda